Assistant People & Culture Manager
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About the Role
Mandarin Oriental Downtown, Dubai seeks an Assistant People & Culture Manager to manage the full colleague onboarding lifecycle and core HR administrative processes.
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Responsibilities
- Deliver a professional and engaging onboarding experience, managing the full lifecycle from offer acceptance to completion and acting as the main contact for new joiners.
- Handle all onboarding administration, documentation, employee records, and system updates in Workday, ensuring accuracy, compliance, confidentiality, and audit readiness.
- Coordinate logistics such as visas, work permits, Emirates ID, travel arrangements, and onboarding related requisitions while aligning with company policies and cost efficiency.
- Support broader employee lifecycle activities including transfers, insurance and benefits enrollment, and probation review processes with timely follow ups.
- Maintain high data integrity through regular audits, reporting, and collaboration with Finance and auditors to ensure compliance with company standards and UAE regulations.
- Drive continuous improvement of onboarding and P&C operations through process optimization, digitalization, KPI tracking, stakeholder support, and enhancing the overall employee experience.
Requirements
- 2–3 years of experience in People & Culture Operations, onboarding, or personnel administration, preferably within luxury hospitality
- Familiarity with HR systems, ideally Workday, and understanding of UAE labor laws and immigration processes
- Strong interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills to manage stakeholders effectively
- High attention to detail with the ability to multitask and handle multiple priorities efficiently
- Dependable, responsible, and proactive approach to work
- Good problem solving abilities and a collaborative mindset as a team player
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About the job
- Based at the Mandarin Oriental Downtown, Dubai within the People & Culture department, the Assistant People & Culture Manager is responsible for managing the full colleague onboarding lifecycle and core People & Culture administrative processes.
- Assistant People & Culture Manager reports to the People & Culture Manager.
As an Assistant People & Culture Manager, you will be responsible for the follow
- Deliver a professional and engaging onboarding experience, managing the full lifecycle from offer acceptance to completion and acting as the main contact for new joiners.
- Handle all onboarding administration, documentation, employee records, and system updates in Workday, ensuring accuracy, compliance, confidentiality, and audit readiness.
- Coordinate logistics such as visas, work permits, Emirates ID, travel arrangements, and onboarding related requisitions while aligning with company policies and cost efficiency.
- Support broader employee lifecycle activities including transfers, insurance and benefits enrollment, and probation review processes with timely follow ups.
- Maintain high data integrity through regular audits, reporting, and collaboration with Finance and auditors to ensure compliance with company standards and UAE regulations.
- Drive continuous improvement of onboarding and P&C operations through process optimization, digitalization, KPI tracking, stakeholder support, and enhancing the overall employee experience.
As an Assistant People & Culture Manager, we expect from you:
- 2–3 years of experience in People & Culture Operations, onboarding, or personnel administration, preferably within luxury hospitality.
- Familiarity with HR systems, ideally Workday, and understanding of UAE labor laws and immigration processes.
- Strong interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills to manage stakeholders effectively.
- High attention to detail with the ability to multitask and handle multiple priorities efficiently.
- Dependable, responsible, and proactive approach to work.
- Good problem solving abilities and a collaborative mindset as a team player.
Our commitment to you
- Learning & Development: crafted learning and development programmes for various stages in your career.
- MOstay: complimentary nights and attractive rates on rooms for you and your loved ones.
- Health & Colleague Wellness: health benefits and wellness programmes.
- Colleague Comfort and Convenience: comfortable accommodation, duty transportation, and duty meals.
- Competitive Salary and Benefits: competitive salary and benefits package aligned with UAE industry standards.
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